This is a description of a 2012 conference at the Massachusetts Medical Society where the question was asked, "How many tasks can you get a provider to perform at each encounter?" The speaker suggested the answer was one, but with two examples from Electronic Patient Management, the real answer was shown to be 30-40.

www.setma.com/Letters/the-joy-of-medicine-the-imperative-of-celebrationThis letter is to the Medical Director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas about their impending audits of charts of Affordable Care Act beneficiaries for Risk Stratification to be reported to Health and Human Services.